Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2022-09-27

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Sep 27
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,253 head
176 vs last sale 1,429 497 vs year ago 756 · +65.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
4 vs last sale 63 8 vs year ago 75 · 10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
13 vs last sale 36 123 vs year ago 146 · 84.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower, with sharper declines noted on lighter weight calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Quality was very attractive with several smaller packages of nice calves and big load lots of yearlings on offer. Trading activity was light to moderate on moderate buyer demand. Planting of winter wheat continues across the trading region, but some moisture will be needed soon to help the stand emerge.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $174.35/cwt on 813 head.
Average price
$174.35
813 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,273
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$294
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.02
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523188.1298417thin
Medium and Large 1735174.061,279796
One grade step is worth $14.06/cwt here — about −$294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale813 hd
174.35
TX average3 barns · 2,078 hd
176.37
−2.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59095.831,5243thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19480.3195928
CowsLean 85-90%Average80650.1440429

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,218$1,1256
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,101$1,08410
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,058$1,0252thin

Every lot, as filed

47 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Full608163.00/cwt163.00–163.0099111
BullsMedium and Large 1Full525175.17/cwt167.00–177.759208
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522177.00/cwt177.00–177.009245
BullsMedium and Large 1480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2456168.00/cwt168.00–168.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 1914139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,2755
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3499145.50/cwt145.50–145.5072625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443200.00/cwt200.00–200.008868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476192.00/cwt192.00–192.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1477177.84/cwt170.00–181.0084873
SteersMedium and Large 1623179.13/cwt178.00–180.001,11630
SteersMedium and Large 1689176.27/cwt175.00–176.501,21519
SteersMedium and Large 1473200.92/cwt199.50–205.0095024
SteersMedium and Large 1572182.71/cwt182.50–183.001,04542
SteersMedium and Large 1517194.82/cwt190.00–199.001,00726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2273176.00/cwt176.00–176.004802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0743
SteersMedium and Large 1421216.91/cwt214.00–218.0091314
SteersMedium and Large 1779170.48/cwt169.00–171.001,328619
HeifersMedium and Large 1707167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1813
HeifersMedium and Large 1804151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380166.00/cwt166.00–166.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy922145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,33713
SteersMedium and Large 1342220.99/cwt216.00–222.007566
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned675164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1073
HeifersMedium and Large 1581163.02/cwt160.50–165.5094782
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned697150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,0493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345165.00/cwt165.00–165.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 1531175.00/cwt175.00–175.009299
HeifersMedium and Large 1423183.22/cwt180.00–184.0077516
HeifersMedium and Large 1675160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2983698.49/head685.00–710.006982
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0581,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2961,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2505
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2830500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1301,180.66/head1,085.00–1,200.001,1818
Stock CowsMedium and Large 185095.00/cwt95.00–95.008081
Bulls1,61095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,5381
Bulls1,26086.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0901
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87464.92/cwt62.00–70.505675
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84550.64/cwt49.50–54.5042811
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight60731.49/cwt30.00–37.001919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18381.22/cwt78.00–83.0096123
CowsLean 85-90%1,06472.22/cwt69.50–76.007684
Bulls1,900105.50/cwt105.50–105.502,0051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24476.15/cwt75.00–76.509475

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.